Job 8:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֶן־אֵ֭ל לֹ֣א יִמְאַס־תָּ֑ם וְלֹֽא־יַ֝חֲזִ֗יק בְּיַד־מְרֵעִֽים׃

Transliteration

Behold ʾēl lōʾ yimʾas-tām wĕ-lōʾ-yaḥăzîq bĕyad-mĕrēʿîm

Grammar Details

*hen*: interjection - behold/lo
*ʾēl*: noun masculine singular - God
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yimʾas*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he rejects
*tām*: adjective masculine singular - blameless/perfect
*wĕ-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
*yaḥăzîq*: hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he strengthens/grasps
*bĕyad*: preposition + noun feminine singular construct - by hand of
*mĕrēʿîm*: hiphil participle masculine plural - evildoers

Word Meanings

*ʾēl*: God/deity
*yimʾas*: reject/despise/abhor
*tām*: blameless/perfect/complete
*yaḥăzîq*: strengthen/grasp/support
*yad*: hand/power/strength
*mĕrēʿîm*: evildoers/wrongdoers/those who do evil

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Job 4:7 : 7 Remember, I pray thee, who [ever] perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
Job 9:22 : 22 It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
Job 21:30 : 30 That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
Ps 37:24 : 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For Jehovah upholdeth him with his hand.
Ps 37:37 : 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; For there is a [happy] end to the man of peace.
Ps 94:14 : 14 For Jehovah will not cast off his people, Neither will he forsake his inheritance.
Isa 45:1 : 1 Thus saith Jehovah to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:

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